New, from me: Trump and his Secretary of Defense are proposing a purge of military officers. To understand what this means, I talked to military experts and looked at Trump's accusations of "woke Generals."
Bottom line: The purge represents a huge democratic risk.🧵
https://open.substack.com/pub/donmoynihan/p/you-should-be-more-worried-about-118?r=slfke&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Bottom line: The purge represents a huge democratic risk.🧵
https://open.substack.com/pub/donmoynihan/p/you-should-be-more-worried-about-118?r=slfke&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Many people need to leave the USA. Putin is his role model.
It means getting rid of officers who uphold the Constitution and Not allow tRump to use the military against the American people.
On a side-note this purge will be hailed as effective cost-cutting in the military budget.
Are you pure enough for a Nazi?
Winners get to be Generals!
Yes. This is all extremely bad.
Control of military by purging leaders, altering the definition of "unlawful orders" and rewarding the many rank & file who support this Coup (Trump Admin) is essential to their success.
We MUST NOT underestimate the dangers.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/08/politics/video/pentagon-scenarios-trump-takes-office-bertrand-digvid
“I swear by God this holy oath, that I will render to Adolf Hitler, Führer of the German Reich and People, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, unconditional obedience, and that I am ready, as a brave soldier, to risk my life at any time for this oath.”
They will be the modern version of the #McCarthy hearings
The head of the Heritage Foundation’s on record joking about taking away women’s right to vote.
https://bsky.app/profile/foofiter1972.bsky.social/post/3ld2frvfd322n, FFS?! ... (1/2)
Hmmmmm 🤔
It's the end of democracy.
Readers are aware & worried & need info not BE AFRAID headers which push panic & despair.
If there's specific action to take (like calling reps), say that. If not use any other frame besides fear.
Using woke is repeating MAGA propaganda.
Anything else would be a betrayal by every military member of their oath to protect the Constitution of the United States.
These people swore to defend the Constitution with their lives.
Refusing orders by a would be dictator shouldn't even be a question.
You know he saw what happened in Pakistan with the military shooting protesters and he loved it
What’s next…you’ll be released from duty if you’re caught speaking out against what you believe is illegal or unconstitutional?
And to think I just saw a report that a majority of Americans have positive views of Trump’s cabinet choices & are optimistic about his next term!
Every single one..
Only same minded ppl will be In charge.
Hitler did it
Stalin did it
Mussolini did it
Tito did it
Causescu did it
And 100 mill nonvoters knew this too, because he talked about this...
Just my 5 cts
We all know it’s gonna be an absolute shitshow. But we’ve moved on to trying to figure out how to turn things around long term.
And making them break the tradition eliminates that move in the future.
It's that the average American isn't altogether too sold on democracy as an inherent good.
Trump: PSYCHOPATH
Musk: PSYCHOPATH
Hegseth: PSYCHOPATH
Noem: PSYCHOPATH
Gabbard: PSYCHOPATH
Homan: PSYCHOPATH
etc.
Endgame: WORLD DOMINATION
Once these stupid, SADISTIC PERVERTS take power, there won’t be a safe place to live on the planet within a year, regardless of wealth.
Over 70-percent of voting-age Americans did not vote for Putin's saboteur. Less than 30-percent did. We can stop him.
Read, share, and support the plan to stop Trump.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/21/2287839/-We-Can-Stop-Trump?_=2024-11-21T11:19:50.000-08:00
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/you-should-be-more-worried-about-118
Route $20M to a SuperPAC misusing RBG’s name for political gain? Get a VIP pass to Mag-A-Loco!
It is the most banal possible stuff, like "diversity is our strength."
https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2006/04/22/and-now-its-time-to-say-goodbye-to-d-o-u-g/29365574007/
Many people want the right to continue with their biases and prejudices. Many of the “Men’s men” who they want serving also share these biases and prejudices.